Hi Yesmean,
Race Equality Scheme (RES) and Action Plan
would be part of an organisation’s ‘policy, procedure and
function’, hence I would say yes. A process akin to impact assessment
should have been used when this was produced (i.e. involving the views of service
users, staff and champions of race, etc.). My personal view is that RES should
have been produced by using race alone as criteria. This is because the
production of gender and disability equality schemes would have picked up
issues other than race. Some organisations have pre-empted the need for public
sector to produce a single equality scheme (SES) and action plan in the future,
hence they have already produced a document which encompasses all diverse
groups. I would expect that, in these cases, a process akin to EqIA should have
been used to produce this. We haven’t actually produced a SES yet,
however, our impact assessments use the full EqIA process. I’m happy to
be challenged on my views.
Chaman
From:
Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008
2:54 PM
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Subject: Re: EIA of RES
yes, as I've just been writing that the
problem with visually impaired BME people is that VI agencies (sight-loss,
blindness, low vision etc) don't think about race and ethnicity; similarly,
BME agences forget that black and other minorit people get impairments and
disabilities, sight loss, etc....
so, do your VI policies meet the needs of (e.g) South
Asians, do your race policies cover people with sensory needs?
if not....
Mark R D Johnson
Director, MSRC/CEEHD
De Montfort University
0116 201 3906
From: Health of
minority ethnic communities in the UK on behalf of Rajyaguru Dipen
Sent: Mon 28/01/2008 13:51
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Subject: Re: EIA of RES
Hi Yesmean,
As far as I know we should do an EIA for
all policies and functions to ensure that we do not adversely effect people
from other communities. Your RES is specific to race/ethnicity and any actions
would need to be seen in terms of how it may impact on other communities. An
EIA screening process would in most cases be enough, technically the RES should
not have a negative effect on other communities, but its worth screening.
Kind
regards,
Dipen
Dipen
Rajyaguru LL.B (Hons)
Health
Equality & Diversity Specialist
Barnet
PCT
020
8937 7709